Tobacco investments held by local authority pension fund
Dear Leicestershire County Council,
I am seeking information about the value of the local authority pension fund’s investment in tobacco shares and bonds, as well as the income from those investments. Please provide whatever answers you can to the following.
1. What is the most recent available value of the local authority's pension fund?
2. What is the value of the fund’s directly-held investment in shares or bonds of the following companies: British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan Tobacco International, Altria Group Inc, Philip Morris International, Universal Corp, Alliance One International?
3. What is the total combined value of the fund’s directly-held investments in the companies named above?
4. What income did the fund receive from these investments in the last 12-month period for which records are available?
5. Does the fund have any other investments in tobacco via pooled investments? What is the value of these?
6. What is the local authority’s annual spend on smoking-related illness?
7. Please supply the number of deaths attributable to smoking in the local authority areas covered by your pension fund. Your Director of Public Health or equivalent should be able to supply this figure.
If you require clarification on any of the above questions, please get in touch on 0203 353 3616, or 07415154041 or email me at [email address]
Yours faithfully,
Rob Davies
Rob Davies
[FOI #478522 email]
18/04/2018
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
FOI Request Number :10263
Description :Tobacco investments held by local authority pension fund
Dear Rob Davies,
Thank you for your request for information which was received on 17/04/2018.
We are considering this request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You will receive the information requested within 20 working days unless the Council does not hold the information or there is a reason to withhold it. We will write to you in any event.
If you have any particular requirements regarding the format of the information, please email [Leicestershire County Council request email], quoting the FOI Request Number.
Further information about your rights to information is available from the Information Commissioner's Office at www.ico.org.uk
Yours sincerely
FOI Team
Rob Davies
[FOI #478522 email]
08/05/2018
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
FOI Request Number :10263
Description :Tobacco investments held by local authority pension fund
Dear Rob Davies,
I am writing to you in relation to your request received on 17/04/2018.
We are unable to proceed with this request without further clarification of the information you require.
To help us continue processing your request, please can you answer the following?
Question 6 - Are you looking for expenditure on i) smoking and tobacco control services (direct costs of commissioning/service provision e.g. the smoking cessation service) or ii) spend on services dealing directly with the effects of smoking related illness (e.g. those related to COPD, for instance) or iii) attributable costs incurred by other services as a result of additional activity due to smoking related illness (e.g. additional pressures on social care).
Please note that if I do not receive appropriate clarification within three months from the date of this email, then I will consider your request closed.
Further information about your rights to information is available from the Information Commissioner's Office at www.ico.org.uk
Yours sincerely
FOI Team
Dear Leicestershire County Council,
Unfortunately i did not receive this reply until today. Please ignore questions 6 and 7, and send the answers to questions 1-5, as soon as you can.
Yours faithfully,
Rob Davies
Rob Davies
[FOI #478522 email]
06/06/2018
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
FOI Request Number :10263
Description :Tobacco investments held by local authority pension fund
Dear Rob Davies,
Your request has now been considered and the information is available from:
https://leicscc.axlr8.uk/disclosureLogMo...
If you have any difficulty in accessing the information please contact [Leicestershire County Council request email], quoting the FOI Request Number.
If you're not happy with how we’ve dealt with your Freedom of Information request, you can complain and ask us to review our decision. Further details are available from: http://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/about-t...
Further information about your rights to information is available from the Information Commissioner's Office at www.ico.org.uk
Yours sincerely
FOI Team
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